I previously blogged about about the First Visual Studio error message I got here. I believe I know why I had this error, but forgot to blog about it a while back. Well, what happened initially was that I installed visual studio and the .NET framework on another partition drive than the root one that has windows on it. It seems that this upset the references to the framework and a few other things, as I not only got the error above, but also, errors saying, cannot load package blah blah blah ...etc.

After I got sick of all that I installed VS 2005 and the framework again on the root drive, and things seemed to be ok since. So either this was the issue or I did one stupid thing in the first installation that I somehow avoided doing the second time!

Darryl blogs about how to change your MSN account and have it updated to reflect your new email address.

See his post here

The next version of Microsoft Windows, which was formerly known as Windows Longhorn will be arriving in the second half on 2006 under the name Windows Vista.

See details here and press pass here

Personally I like the new name more, I am yet to make sense of it though...

Interesting article in Computer World today, see it here

Here's the bit I find most interesting.

"Speaking with his usual gusto to a gathering of Microsoft resellers and solutions provider partners, Ballmer took direct aim at IBM in his morning keynote, identifying Big Blue as Microsoft's Number one competitor and criticising every aspect of IBM's three-pronged strategy to provide hardware, software and services to customers.

"Does IBM have the best hardware most of the time? Ask yourself that question, I say," Ballmer said, eliciting laughter from the audience. "Does IBM have the best software? They don't even have in my personal opinion the second-best software. Do they have the best services? No, they don't have the best services. IBM's product line is the weakest it's ever been. The value [of IBM] is significantly less today than at any time in my 25 years in the business."

I think it's an interesting way of saying Microsoft does better than IBM...

I finally decided to change the Look of the blog a little, this is just an initial start, if you've got any comments on this current change or would like to make some suggestions, drop me a comment or email!

Chris Auld announced today that he is a MSDN Regional Director. Congrats Chris, well deserved.
See his post here. The 'Red Shoe' is getting bigger!

If you're wondering what the story is with the 'Red Shoe' read his blog for info :)

Right, so I've setup myself VS 2005 this week finally, while I haven't dug hard in development yet. Here is my first error message encounter in VS 2005.

Here's how I got it, I click the help menu, then choose Search, and bingo, I get the Index Search window as well as this message. Anyone know why this occurs or how to get rid of it?

Normally people would introduce themselves right when they start blogging in their very first post. I realise I haven't done that, well there is no real reason for not doing so.

So here it is now.

Probably some of you out there know me, but for those who dont.

Here's a bit of info:

I'm currently in my last semester at the University of Canterbury finishing off my B.Com, I am just finishing off my degree points this year as I have already completed my major last year in Information Systems and Technology. Other than that, I have been involved with the .NET community for a little over two years now, thanks to working as a Student Ambassador at the university. This was how I initially got exposed to .NET and I have been developing an increasing interest in the platform since then.

I have not yet had extensive experience in .NET simply because none of the courses we have at the university teach much if any of it. Will hopefully get more experience other than my own study someday. Perhaps through one of Microsoft Certifications.

For more info about me, feel free to contact me

I've just finished updating my blog to dasblog 1.7

More posts are coming soon